HAR - Fatality At Harmony`s Central Plant                                       
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited                                             
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
Registration number 1950/038232/06                                              
ISIN ZAE000015228        Issuer code: HAPS                                      
TRADING SYMBOLS: Ordinary Shares: JSE Limited: HAR,                             
New York Stock Exchange, Inc., HMY, London Stock Exchange plc: HRM              
Euronext Paris: HG, Euronext Brussels: HMY, Berlin Stock Exchange: HAM1,        
NASDAQ: HMY                                                                     
FATALITY AT HARMONY`S CENTRAL PLANT                                             
Johannesburg, Wednesday, 18 March 2009.  Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited    
(Harmony) regretfully announces that an accident in the mill section at its     
Central Plant in the Free State yesterday afternoon resulted in the death of a  
technical official.                                                             
Management together with the Department of Minerals and Energy commenced        
investigations today.                                                           
Work at the milling section of the plant has been stopped until further notice. 
Harmony`s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs and his management team,       
express their sincere condolences to the family of the deceased.                
Harmony continues to address safety through its behavior-safety initiatives that
have been rolled out to all of its operations. The continuous communication on  
safety in the working place as well as off the job is receiving priority        
attention from all stakeholders involved.                                       
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited                                   
For more details contact:                                                       
Tom Smith                                                                       
Chief Operating Officer                                                         
South Region                                                                    
On +27 (0)84 499 6051                                                           
Or                                                                              
Graham Briggs                                                                   
Chief Executive Officer                                                         
On +27 (0)83 265 0274                                                           
Or                                                                              
Marian van der Walt                                                             
Executive: Corporate & investor Relations                                       
On +27 (0)82 888 1242                                                           
Corporate Office:                                                               
Randfontein Office Park                                                         
PO Box 2                                                                        
Randfontein                                                                     
South Africa 1760                                                               
T: +27 (11) 411 2000                                                            
www.harmony.co.za                                                               
Sponsor:                                                                        
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited                                                    
Date: 18/03/2009 12:22:02 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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